The financial staff of Cairn Communications has identified the following information for the first year of the roll$-$out of its new proposed service:

$\backslash$table$[[$Projected sales,$$22$ million$],[$Operating costs $($not including depreciation$),$$$10$ million$],[$Depreciation$,$$$5$ million$],[$Interest expense,$$4$ million$]]$

The company faces a $25\%$ tax rate. What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year $)=(1?$ Enter your answer in dollars. For example, an answer of $$1\mathrm{.}2$ million should be entered as $$1,200,000.$ Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

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